The Gujarat High Court on Monday slapped notices on the Chief Information Commissioner and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a petition filed by the Gujarat University in connection with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s post-graduate degree.
Justice SH Vora issued the notices to the CIC and Delhi Chief Minister on the petition challenging their authority to seek information regarding the post-graduate degree of Modi obtained from the university in 1981 as a MA external student.
Gujarat University Vice-Chancellor MN Patel said that the Delhi Chief Minister or the CIC has no authority to seek explanation from the university.
In order to counter controversy regarding the educational qualifications of Prime Minister Modi, the Gujarat University had put soft copy of his original marks-sheet in public domain. The university had put the scanned copies of the original mark-sheets of Modi and another related document on its website.
As per the mark-sheet shown in public on the website, Modi obtained total 499 marks in the Master of Arts external exam with a remark of first class. The Part 1 mark-sheet issued in the year 1981 shows 237 marks while the Part 2 marks are 262.